Meaning of white bread | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Bread made from white flour.
   uncountable, usually
2. A storebought, mass-produced, inexpensive type of such bread that is very soft.
   idiomatic, often, uncountable, usually
3. A middle-class white person (person of European descent), or a person who 'acts white'.
   US, derogatory, ethnic, often, slur, uncountable, usually

Examples

“Yes—just become a Communist, and things get all right. Deny your Christ and they will give you white bread in plenty and clothes to wear—" He would hold his breath, would wonder and question: "What is white bread? And who is Christ?"”

“At one time, when the commandant felt especially indebted, he sent the other officers out of his office and opened the safe. There it was, securely hidden, an entire loaf of white''' bread. He cut a large slice, wrapped it in newspaper and, beaming, handed this precious gift to Ildikó. "Just for you. I, as the commandant, am entitled to some white bread," he said proudly. Ildikó was touched, not by the value of the gift but by the realization of the Russians' grave poverty.”

“There's a pretty big difference between American cheese on white bread and sharp cheddar on French bread.”

“Teyshawn wanted to yell whitebreads did it—fucking whitebreads.”

“evelyn. Fuck you, white bread. vincent. Oh, I'm white? evelyn. You don't act black. vincent. (smiling) And yet, people still treat me like I'm black.”

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